Text Messages
BOOKFRIENDS
June 4, 9:54 PM
BookshopGirl: I’m finally home and need to get my mind off some work stuff. Are you up for Bookish Never Have I Ever?
RJ.Reads: Sure!
BookshopGirl: Perfect! I’ll share a commonly used expression, and if you’ve ever experienced that in real life, you have to drink.
BookshopGirl: Example: “Never have I ever let out a breath I didn’t realize I was holding.” If you HAVE let out a breath you didn’t realize you were holding, you drink. Got it?
RJ.Reads: Got it, and I have a drink poured and ready.
BookshopGirl: Okay here goes: Never have I ever…bit my lip until I tasted blood.
RJ.Reads: Nope, haven’t done that either. Sounds violent. My turn: Never have I ever felt wetness on my cheeks and wiped it away, only to realize I was crying.
BookshopGirl:
RJ.Reads: Really? How did you not realize your crying?
RJ.Reads: *you’re
BookshopGirl: It’s called emotional repression, RJ. You clearly had a healthier childhood than I did.
BookshopGirl: My turn: Never have I ever clenched my fists until my nails left marks on my palms.
RJ.Reads:
RJ.Reads: YOU clearly never wanted to punch your older brother in the face but restrained yourself because you knew he’d clobber you.
BookshopGirl: Nope, no big brothers. Just one sweet little sister.
RJ.Reads: LUCKY. Never have I ever heard screaming and then realized it was me.
BookshopGirl: Never have I ever padded softly across a room.
RJ.Reads: Never have I ever gripped the steering wheel so tightly my nuckles turned white.
RJ.Reads: (*knuckles, obviously)
BookshopGirl: You must not live in a place that has black ice.
RJ.Reads: Or I know gripping the steering wheel that tightly isn’t going to help?
RJ.Reads: Never have I ever watched a muscle in a man’s jaw tic or watched an Adam’s apple bob slowly as he swallows.
BookshopGirl:
RJ.Reads: Really? Jaw muscles? Adam’s apples? That’s what does it for you?
BookshopGirl: Oh yeah.
RJ.Reads: Interesting.